15. 9. 05.

Dear Comrades! I received the money, 1000 rubles = 2640 francs, and the first issue of *Rabochiy* [*The Worker*].

It makes an excellent impression. One can hope that the difficult task of presenting material in an unpedantic popular manner will be solved by it to a considerable degree. There is something fresh in the tone and character of the exposition. Splendid militant spirit. In a word, I can sincerely congratulate you on the success and wish you further progress. Particular observations arise in me for now as follows: 1) it would be desirable to speak somewhat more about socialism in view of the "explanatory" character of the organ; 2) it would be desirable to link the militant political slogans more closely and directly with the resolutions of the Third Congress and with the general spirit of our tactics of revolutionary social-democracy.

Now to your letter of 24. 8. 05, which struck all of us directly by its tone 77. I. Regarding information.